Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), August 2012

by: petenixey
text: DESIGN/HTML/CSS/JS (REMOTE)
- pingpanel.com<p>I'm looking for a freelance designer (preferably located in the states but no strong bias) to work remotely for a 1-2 month contract with potential to extend.<p>The job is going to be to revamp Pingpanel.com which while it looks pretty does not reflect what the company currently does. Pingpanel now produces whitelabel question and answer software (see our first client <a href="http://diy-advice.ratedpeople.com" rel="nofollow">http://diy-advice.ratedpeople.com</a>).<p>Your job will be to revamp the look and messaging of the sales end of the site as well as helping improve the current software UI and will ideally use a bit of your javascript wizardry to make it nice 'n slick.<p>You'll be joining a team of 2 (sometimes three) developers across the world all of whom can do full stack but all of whom would appreciate someone with a strong aesthetic and a lust to beautify and stamp their own mark on the site.<p>Infrastructure is Rails so you should ideally know how to work with Rails templates, HAML and GIT. As long as you've done some  work with templating in some language or other though that will be just dandy. Most important thing is good html/css and design, the rest we can teach you.<p>Please send applications with details of your availability and your portfolio to work at pingpanel dot com. The company is (leanly) funded and the work is available now so please reach out.<p>Please note you do need to include your portfolio, details and availability. Emails without these will get rejected. Thank you and look forward to hearing from you.

by: fleetvanjeremy
text: (remote): Python / Big Data<p>We're looking for someone that loves data.... and can run, maintain and add features to our python data pipeline - python, linux, ec2, s3, aws. Working remote is tough, and we'll really need someone that's a really fluent English speaker (we like to skype) and writer. On the Python side of things, you need to be awesome and able hit the ground running on understanding the script and making changes. You'll also need to be lazyboy-level comfortable on the command line, working on remote machines, moving lots of files around. Short and longterm opportunities.<p>Thanks, we're looking forward to talking with you rockstars out there! :)<p>jeremy@appmonsta.com

by: helen842000
text: REMOTE - MVP Prototyping - 3 days
Basic Design &#38; Development<p>I'm looking get an MVP up and running over a weekend/3 days. Normally for personal projects I'd put something together myself however this is beyond my current skill set and my poorly written 'hack' won't cut it. I now need a solid base to demonstrate the initial concept to my potential customers to get feedback.<p>You'd be free to start from scratch &#38; use your preferred technologies to develop a minimalistic group messaging web application &#38; iOS app. In a nutshell - A user creates a group, invites other users via e-mail &#38; all users within that group can post updates.<p>I'm super organised and very realistic with requirements.
I have the basic database structure sketched out, wireframes &#38; copy written.<p>This would be an ideal project for a developer that can fit in some extra weekend work.<p>I will be working alongside you during the project, removing as many obstacles as I can. I can take on the simpler tasks which will help me learn and leave you free to work on the challenges.<p>I'm also interested in hearing from any UI/UX designers so that I can get some longer term design ideas &#38; concepts mapped out.<p>If you are interested please send a link to your portfolio and an estimate for 24 hours of work (3x8hour days).<p>I'm my username on gmail.com<p>Thanks!

by: knowtheory
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>Location: Columbia, Missouri (or Remote)
Who we are
DocumentCloud (<a href="http://www.documentcloud.org/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.documentcloud.org/home</a> ) is a web based platform allowing journalists to upload, analyze, annotate, and publish primary source documents. We want give journalists the tools to show their audience their source material, not just tell them about it. In addition to the newsrooms worldwide who use DocumentCloud, our open source software projects (see: <a href="http://github.com/documentcloud" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/documentcloud</a> ), such as Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Docsplit, and Jammit, are relied upon by companies such as LinkedIn, Walmart, Foursquare and more. DocumentCloud is run by Investigative Reporters &#38; Editors (<a href="http://ire.org" rel="nofollow">http://ire.org</a> ).<p>DocumentCloud is looking for a freelancer who has experience working with solr and the JVM to assist us with scaling up our search index prior to DocumentCloud going international.<p>If you've got experience working with full text search indexes with millions of records (and possibly heavy duty faceting) please drop us a line at: jobs@documentcloud.org

by: yalimgerger
text: SEEKING FREELANCER, ISTANBUL, REMOTE OK.
Hi,<p>We are Gerger (www.gerger.co), the creators of Formspider (www.theformspider.com), the Web 2.0 framework for Oracle PL/SQL developers. We are preparing a new version of our product and we would like to renew our product web site www.theformspider.com along with it.<p>Our product Formspider is for a specific group of developers namely, the Oracle PL/SQL developers. It's mainly used in mid to large size companies to build Budgeting, Accounting, Order Management, HR, ERP etc.. software.<p>Current Web site was done by us a year and a half ago. It's nice but building web sites is not our focus. The site is also showing its age.<p>Formspider impresses our users with its simple and elegant design. It is perceived as an unusually high quality, very innovative product built with care and attention to detail. We would like our new web site reflect these facts.<p>We want a simple yet beautiful design in our web site. Readable large fonts, excellent copyright, gorgeous pictures, icons and screen shots should provide a enjoyable experience to the visitor. We don't want run of the mill, stock photos, icons and text anywhere on the site. Each page needs to be individually crafted and be of excellent quality.<p>The entire goal of the web site is to reflect the high quality of our product.<p>Our favorite product, company web sites are www.apple.com (you should have seen this coming at this point :-) ) and <a href="http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/</a><p>We've been struggling to find a freelancer or a team that can get this done. I thought of asking you on HN hoping that you can help.<p>Best,
Yalim

by: pcooley
text: Javascript Programmer (Seattle/Bellevue : Onsite preferred) - <a href="http://www.imprev.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.imprev.com</a><p>We are looking for a Javascript Pro to build a rich-client interface for our Application.  Contract work for 6 months.<p>You’ll be working with a team of full-stack developers building a large, browser-based application using Backbone/Marionette and communicating with the server (implemented in Java) using JSON-RPC and Barrister (<a href="https://github.com/coopernurse/barrister" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/coopernurse/barrister</a>) (we’re not RESTy… you’re cool with that, right?). You’ll be rationalizing wireframes against our API, interacting with business folks directly, and building highly interactive,modular interfaces that plug into our existing architecture.<p>Skills<p>&#62; You write JavaScript…<p>&#62;  You’ve written a web application that’s rendered completely on the client<p>&#62;  You understand the tradeoffs of implementing test automation for browser-based JS<p>&#62;  You understand how to write something that works with old and new browsers alike<p>&#62;  You are comfortable talking to business people on your own in order to flesh out requirements<p>&#62;  You can write markup and CSS for your view code that doesn’t use things like clearfix or conditional comments<p>Plus other stuff, probably needed to survive:<p>&#62;  Several years (3+) of development in a team environment under your belt<p>&#62;  Basic understanding of *nix environment (look through logs, bounce services, etc.)<p>&#62;  Be a collaborator<p>&#62;  Be  nice<p>Interested: careers@imprev.com<p>More info (Full job description): <a href="http://bit.ly/MWLVhi" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/MWLVhi</a><p>Really, Really Interested? Submit your answer to <a href="https://github.com/hippipp/javascripty-challenge" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/hippipp/javascripty-challenge</a> to careers@imprev.com

by: ROFISH
text: Ruby on Rails / HTML / CSS / JS<p>Location: Tucson, AZ. (REMOTE definitely okay.)<p>Looking for a some part-time help to work on our from-scratch forum built in Rails. Fangamer has a copy of the forum here: <a href="http://fangamer.com/forum" rel="nofollow">http://fangamer.com/forum</a> and has clients who are using the code. (Including one major MMO studio.)<p>I'm specifically seeking someone who can take a very large existing Rails codebase and can: Add better UI features (over JQuery), implement a karma/reputation system (via Rails Engine plugin), handle client visual requests (SCSS).<p>We can provide only a few weeks worth of work, so it's best if you need a shorter project.<p>Contact with portfolio/resume: hnad {ATTTT} fangamer (d0tt) com

by: abreckle
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>Visual.ly is looking for a part-time (contract) d3 hacker to join our team. You like working on the bleeding edge? You are excited about data? And like problem solving? As a D3 Hacker, you will be tasked with integrating new and managing existing data sources, both via API's (like twitter and facebook) and unstructured data sets (csv's and google docs) for 20% of your time. You will also be responsible for hacking together visualizations with d3.js for 80% of your time.<p>Apply via email: <a href="http://visual.ly/about/jobs/d3-hacker" rel="nofollow">http://visual.ly/about/jobs/d3-hacker</a>

by: hansef
text: Front-end developer, html5/css3 with sass &#38; compass.<p>We're a web and mobile consultancy and work mostly with early-stage startups. Primarily US-based but fully distributed team (i.e. we don't care where you live).<p>Strong Javascript skills (know backbone well? +1 / coffeescript? another big +1) and experience with Rails apps are big bonuses.<p>Full job ad here: <a href="http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/13901/front-end-developer" rel="nofollow">http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/13901/front-end-developer</a><p>Company site here: <a href="http://turing.com/" rel="nofollow">http://turing.com/</a>

by: lwalker
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote - Frontend - Javascript, HTML, CSS<p>I'm looking for a number of people who are interested in freelance work in (primarily) JS. Remote is fine, prefer full time (or close) availability and some overlap with US Eastern time would help.<p>The development will be using our API and the Google Closure library (experience not required). A strong background in JS/HTML/CSS is needed.<p>There are a large number of projects available and they require little coordination, so they are pretty ideal for remote freelancing.<p>Contact me (Luke) at lwalker at monetate if you're interested or have any questions.<p>Thanks!

by: lwalker
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote - Frontend - Javascript, HTML, CSS<p>I'm looking for a number of people who are interested in freelance work in (primarily) Javascript. Remote is fine, prefer full time (or close) availability and some overlap with US Eastern time would help.<p>The development will be using our API and the Google Closure library (experience not required). A strong background in JS/HTML/CSS is needed.<p>There are a large number of projects available and they require little coordination, so they are pretty ideal for remote freelancing.<p>Contact me at lwalker at monetate if you're interested or have any questions.<p>Thanks!

by: nsimpson
text: We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. The platform is Intalio BPMS (<a href="http://intalio.com" rel="nofollow">http://intalio.com</a>) and skillsets required include building AJAX user interfaces (we are using Tibco GI), web service implementation and testing (XSLT, Xpath, SoapUI), MySQL, Tomcat. Small team, good rate, interesting technology. Contact: info@innovelocity.com

by: dave1619
text: (remote): Front-end developer<p>We're looking for a web front-end developer with speciality in jQuery, javascript, css, and incorporating real-time technologies (ie., websockets) for a social networking/chat application.  We have an iOS version of the social networking/chat application, but we need it ported to the web.<p>It is a big plus if you can do UX/UI as well, but it's not required.  Btw, we're looking for a UX/UI person as well to design the web interface for our social networking/chat application.<p>Find my email in my HN profile and send portfolio/rates.

by: thentic
text: (SF Bay Area or Remote)<p>I have a working mvp (Rails 2.3.8) with paying users in a large industry. I need help with developing a few requested features, like integrating streaming video, improved reporting, categories/tags.<p>Ultimately, I'm looking for a first hire, but I don't expect that to happen for another 6-9 months.<p>david at thentic.com

by: helen842000
text: Remote, UK<p>Looking for a freelancer to help me put together the first version of my SaaS product. Web application + potentially iOS version also. Wireframes &#38; mockups are ready to go.<p>I'd like to pay great attention to UI/UX even in the first version.<p>E-mail is in my profile.<p>Thanks

by: klbarry
text: <p>We're looking for a programmer with experience in RFID to integrate the data collected by various UHF RFID hardware readers into a user interface on the iPad. Knowledge of RFID is obviously a huge bonus.<p>This job is not just for someone looking to follow precise instructions on code requirements - we're looking for someone to consult with us and guide us through the most efficient path to the goal of the product, as well as executing the development.<p>Our company is an innovative start-up with plenty of traction. We're revolutionizing inventory management for the jewelry industry, where a single lost product, smaller than your pinky nail, can costs thousands and thousands of dollars.<p>To the right candidate this project is the first of many. We would like to grow with a skilled outside contractor for many of our upcoming projects.<p>www.tractechsystems.com for more info
Email kevin.barry@tractechsystems.com

by: savio
text: (REMOTE WORKER) - PYTHON DEVELOPER, (UK based company)<p>We’re seeking a talented Freelance (remote worker) Python developer to join our team to help us to take forward our real-time and historical data mining applications. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, smart and talented and to whom coding comes naturally.  You will be working with complex, high availability and high scalability web applications within a quick release environment.<p>Do you possess the following skill set?<p>Our technology stack includes Python, Pyramid / Pylons framework, MySQL or Postgres, and MongoDB. We’re looking for someone who has:<p>-	Solid experience developing with Python.
-	A thorough understanding of the Object-Oriented paradigm and data structures.
-	Ideally some experience in Javascript/ Jquery, HTML and CSS.
-	Ideally previous experience in processing large datasets, from multiple sources, in several formats (XML, CSV etc).
-	Experience in Performance DB Tuning and Query Optimization will be beneficial.
-	Experience with a version control system.<p>We are looking for someone who can integrate with our team and who works well both independently and in a group, without daily management. You must have excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and work well under pressure.<p>Interested? Send me your CV at savio dot Fernandes at performancetelecom dot co dot uk